Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-10
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asounas vhsoh IL considers shossoQhlv
reliable that he Orsaon Izapsussmun.
oompany, o. TIE Celamhia and Puas.
sernd RailE0ad Company which i,
ewnsd and e0nfsollsd By shs Imrrpvs-
ment Company, b arrsaaine 70 bald .
standard Ranzs EAissoad from poius On
tie Cedar River sxtsnsgor. oxer ~, a. !.
s1cqnalmis valley. fheir - 4 =,
lay tbtEd rail along The line q vhat 4
called the Cedar River Rxfensse. )
which road vas bzilf for 4 standars
RAae iine, bat now being Operated wIe \
nafTow Rsaee follinQ nloek' and frns, :
Poiul % lAat Iins huifd rosd eser fres
ne bnoqualmis eoanfEy and possiblv
~ 70 the paas. The Oregon TmprUve-
ment Uompany has always lad CIV
escus eye on thst wealthy section. bot
vefe contest 70 simply gaze upou Il and
iet u lay undtvsIopad. until far egsfr,g
sna eusaKpRiainR napitaIista earne ara
here fran the East ana eoumeneea
1atidlnR the Sesttie. Lake Shore ana
Eastern Railway into and through thar
section. Not then did the pFouatar1 ~
the Improvement Companyss scheme
raise a hand nntil they actually In
formed themselves that kha ESatsrn
people meant business No until Joku
l.. Howard gave up 81 hopes Of Ire
new enteFpFtse falling through ala -
hasten on 20 New York and lay the MAJ
Ter before the big men in tue company
eno urge upon them the neoossiiv Of
doing something. BE argued 10 them
tAat their rsad was eHt OF on the south
By the Cascade division ofthe Hortberu
and would soon have its covssaa terri
tory Invaded By The Lake ehsss and
Eastern and unl1ss soEnathina wms done
All hope Of the properly ever being
more than q second Glass coal road
vould vsnish. What the company de-
cided 70 do can only be surmised. In
the dead Of winter enRinseEing parties
we're lifted out. and started on on
special traine IN The night time, and
one or two large parties have been
kept in the heid ever since. When
Howard left New York TO come
West be teleRrsphed Miner %
meet him in San Francisco, Which be
did, and they spent several DAYS in
close and confidential oammunieation.
when Mr.. Miner returned home be
made ali sorts OF unsatisfactory and IN
reliable Gtatements n regard 10 his trip
belog. claiming that be went for the
banaat Of bis health, etc. He also
stated that he bad discharged one Of his
surveying parties, bat an examination
in8o the facts showed that he had SIM
ply consolidated the two parties on the
Tina which the company intends 10
build Another polnt: Some months
azo the attentisn OF Petor KiFke an
English iron manufacturer, vas called
10 the rich deposits of iron In The Sne-
qualmie Pass, and his interest was
aroused In that direction largely
through the iRstrumentality Of the
Seattle. Lake Shore a Eastern people.
kirke looked ever the ground, exam
med the iron lodges and conclnded that
be would erect In the heart Of this
county large Bsasimeg steel works STINT
lar 20 the works partly owned ~ him In
England. Accordingly, be Blended sev.
eral Of tke largest and best iron ledqes,
examined and bonded two very hne
ooking coal mines and showed other
evidences Of good faith. The Seattle,
Lab . shore d Eastern people were quite
encouraged ever bis movements and ex-
peolsd % Get the handling Of the pro
duet Of bis works. As soon a. these
Oregon Improvement people caaGht on
10 what Mr.. Kirke was doing, thay con-
menced b. cultivate him. Mr.. Howard
made bis aequainfance and aceompan-
led him east e. far as 81. Paul Then,
when be returned and mF. Miner was
summoned 20 San Francisco. strange az
u may seem Mr.. KiTke vas . fellow
passenger With him, both 70 and from
the city, and 10 can be set down as .
fact that all these movements mean
something cot Of the ordinary. In
view Of all these facts, and on the
statement Of q man who Is 10 position 10
know, Il IL not unreasonable to believe
that before snow dies there will 30 two
standard aaaRe roads terminating at
Seattle. both OF which are heading fer
the SnoqnAlmie Pass. and efoVding
ahead With ell possible speed 10 see
which will win the prize. As citizens
90 are glad 20 see roads built, and the
mere the better, even II some Of them
are psomotsd by the deg in the Manager
policy.
800. A lot Of 81 French dress goods.